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Sarah Jones vs Patrick Spencer

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 216 different votes 219 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 477 of 649
Participation
69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,412
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
575 eligible divisions
786
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.3 % of votes cast
626
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
216
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
521
+382.7 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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